“Over the past couple of years in particular, Washington hasn’t just ignored the problem; too often, it’s made things worse,”

Yep. Couldn’t agree more Mr. President. And guess who lives and works and runs the politics of Washington? Oh, right, you do.

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Republicans have been in his way, he said. And since his second term began six months ago, the “gridlock has gotten worse.”

Gotten in the way? That’s just a loser whining about not being able to muster a majority to get bills passed. Mr. President: thems just the rulz of the game.

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“What we need isn’t a three-month plan, or even a three-year plan, but a long-term American strategy, based on steady, persistent effort, to reverse the forces that have conspired against the middle class for decades.

A decades long conspiracy against the middle class? Let’s think about this. In the 70s, say, there were no affordable cell phones, no iPads, no desktop or laptop computers, oil was being rationed, gluten free didn’t really exist as a thang, incomes were lower, crime was higher, everything cost more (e.g., houses and gas), and just about everything else in the world of the middle class was worse than it is today. So…about that conspiracy…